
August 31, 2017 06:02 IST
Demonetisation: On digital transactions, too, RBI data shows that the volume of electronic payments, after peaking in December 2016 at 957.50 million transactions compared with 671.49 million in November, has been on a decline.
Thu, Aug 31, 2017
August 31, 2017 02:49 IST
As the new vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar prepares to assume the office from Friday, Panagariya tells The Indian Express that instead of advising Kumar, he would brief his successor about the state of the institution letting him set his own priorities for the think-tank’s functioning.
Thu, Aug 31, 2017
August 30, 2017 06:14 IST
IndiGo is not the only airline which has issues with PW engines. GoAir, which inducted its first aircraft in June 2016, has also grounded two of its five A320neo aircraft.
Wed, Aug 30, 2017
August 25, 2017 01:38 IST
Apart from the cybersecurity aspect, Chandrashekhar also pointed out that the ruling could raise a legal debate over issues such as wilful consent and informed consent when it comes to customers sharing information with internet and social networking companies.
Fri, Aug 25, 2017
August 23, 2017 01:16 IST
India's tryst with policies on drones started in 2014 when a Mumbai-based pizza restaurant used a small drone to make pizza deliveries.
Wed, Aug 23, 2017
August 18, 2017 02:33 IST
With the rising popularity of localised content among the Indian users, global platforms such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Video are focussing on tapping the market
Fri, Aug 18, 2017
August 17, 2017 01:37 IST
A senior official at the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology said that through this exercise the government aims to scrutinise in hardware component as well as preloaded software and apps to find potential loopholes.
Thu, Aug 17, 2017
August 16, 2017 00:33 IST
In the new Civil Aviation Policy, the Centre laid down its aim for developing India as an MRO hub for aircraft. “The MRO business of Indian carriers is at around Rs 5,000 crore, 90 per cent of which is currently spent outside India — in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, UAE, etc.
Wed, Aug 16, 2017
August 10, 2017 04:36 IST
We are soon going to give recommendations to the government on this issue,” he added. On Wednesday, The Indian Express reported that the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is planning to send its officials to China for a 10-day training course, organised by the intergovernmental organisation Asia-Pacific Telecommunity.
Thu, Aug 10, 2017
August 09, 2017 06:09 IST
During the training, being organised by intergovernmental organisation Asia-Pacific Telecommunity, participants will get to know the basic characteristics of 4G/5G and trends, network security protection methods, best practice of the Smart City and IoT
Wed, Aug 09, 2017
August 04, 2017 02:23 IST
BSNL further said that the affected devices that it identified were mostly of customers that still had default “admin” password on their modems, and those which are associated with already-infected computers/devices.
Fri, Aug 04, 2017
August 02, 2017 05:23 IST
In January, Arvind Panagariya had raised the first red flag on the possibility of taxpayers being harassed post-demonetisation and had reportedly written to the Prime Minister’s Office.
Wed, Aug 02, 2017
July 28, 2017 03:22 IST
Jio phone effect: Adoption of ‘walled garden’ and potential quality issues are some of the hurdles that need to be cleared to ensure mass adoption of upgraded feature phones. Analysts also suggest that lack of a familiar ecosystem could be a hindrance for the device’s mass adoption.
Sun, Jul 30, 2017
July 28, 2017 01:11 IST
To do this, the flag-carrier would convert the first three rows of the all-economy class aircraft to business class by having 12 seats in a configuration of two-by-two, compared with three-by-two in the current configuration that add up to 18 economy seats.
Fri, Jul 28, 2017
July 25, 2017 03:44 IST
The practice of people driving down to far off locations to pick up a furniture unit, bringing it back home, and building it themselves might not work here, according to Ikea India’s deputy country manager Patrik Antoni.
Tue, Jul 25, 2017
July 19, 2017 02:02 IST
A senior government official said that a 100 per cent stake sale of the airline would be difficult, considering it would make all the files of Air India private property of its new owner, and the ongoing case by the CBI into the purchase of 111 aircraft might face hurdles because of it.
Wed, Jul 19, 2017
July 17, 2017 04:26 IST
The company did not respond to an e-mail from The Indian Express seeking the exact amount it hopes to save by cutting non-vegetarian food from the economy menu on domestic flights. But company officials had clearly indicated last week that this would be in the region of Rs 8-10 crore.
Mon, Jul 17, 2017
July 13, 2017 02:16 IST
With the Goods and Services Tax laws replacing the old tax laws, ATF for small aircraft has lost its declared goods status. However, since petroleum products are out of GST ambit, states are free to consider ATF bought for all purposes, as one.
Thu, Jul 13, 2017
July 10, 2017 03:26 IST
A website has claimed to have posted subscriber data of Reliance Jio customers, including email IDs, names and Aadhaar numbers, on the website magicapk.com. While it couldn’t be confirmed whether the data related to all of Jio’s 120 million subscribers was uploaded, queries made through the website for some older numbers returned with information of all the fields.
Mon, Jul 10, 2017
July 08, 2017 03:06 IST
The genesis of the Niti Aayog studying the possibility of allowing private cars to operate as carpools comes from the rising problem of traffic and congestion in urban centres of the country. In the national capital alone, Delhi Police has identified 55 areas prone to congestion or traffic jam.
Sat, Jul 08, 2017
July 06, 2017 03:11 IST
As per the internal targets set by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), rest of the gram panchayats in the first phase of the flagship BharatNet project are expected to have active connectivity in the next three months.
Thu, Jul 06, 2017
July 05, 2017 02:51 IST
It is further likely to include, in its report, the suggestion of having an annual survey of enterprises such as health and education, which are excluded from GST.
Wed, Jul 05, 2017
July 02, 2017 03:31 IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that those depositing black money abroad will face more problems once Switzerland starts sharing data with India about funds stashed by Indians there.
Sun, Jul 02, 2017
July 01, 2017 06:15 IST
GST rollout: Alongside a markdown in inventories by consumer goods and auto dealers, pharmaceuticals too have reported a slowdown in stocking, with this trend being more pronounced in the case of small and medium players.
Sat, Jul 01, 2017
July 01, 2017 05:45 IST
A BSF official said Mehrishi, who was in Srinagar on an official visit, had boarded the BSF flight at around 11:30 IST. Around 12 noon, the official said, the pilot realised that he was on a collision course with an IndiGo flight and changed course “in the nick of time”.
Sat, Jul 01, 2017




